DECember 2009 issue
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Student Column
from halloween to hockey
BY DALE R. NISBET
Student Columnist
University of Alberta, Geosciences
Following the conclusion of midterms, the P.S. Warren Halloween Party attracted an outstanding and well-adorned turnout of over 120 undergraduate and graduate students. Wearing comical and creative costumes, the attendees made it quite the task to pick winners.
Honourable mentions go out to our couples’ costume winners: a six-foot-two, 215-lb., purebred country-boy-turned-Little Bow Peep, along with his adorable pet sheep, who sported some 1,250 cotton balls. These people/characters/critters received Oilers tickets for their efforts.
Top costume commendation (winner of a brand new iPod Nano) was bestowed upon a flawlessly executed Star Trek Borg. The costume’s completion required the demise of 4 DVD players.
Job Hunters
Take Note
With the semester well underway and, for some, the hunt for jobs at
the top of the agenda, the P.S.
Warren Society has re-initiated itself as a student chapter of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, as well as a student chapter of the
Society of Economic Geologists. These two chapters will prove invaluable outlets for students to keep up to date on all of the happenings in the industry, while also providing information on job openings and summer work positions.
Well Worn
The ever popular P.S. Warren GeoWear wrapped up sales for the 2009/2010 school year with a selection of witty shirts, classic hoodies and field season ready Stormtech jackets. With a variety of cheesy quips and illustrative cartoons to choose from, this year’s T-shirts will be seen on the backs of many as droves of P.S. Warren students march the hallways of the Earth Sciences Building.
Action on the Ice
The months of October and early November were witness to some ups and downs on the frozen sheets of the Clare Drake Arena. Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams, both dubbed the Dirty Ores, did battle with worthy adversaries and produced some admirable yet mixed results.
The female Ores cored through two separate squads of medical students in seemingly one-sided encounters. On Oct. 1, the geology gals produced a decisive 6 -2 win over the Fibriskaters. This victory was followed up with a 3-0 triumph over the Resident’s Choice on Nov. 1.
These wins prove conclusively that rock really does beat scissors. And scalpels, too.
The men’s team put pride on the line on Oct. 15 in an epic, 55-minute clash. The men pulled out a 5-3 victory over the physical education and recreation graduate team, dubbed GRRR.
On Nov. 3, the team met its greatest challenge to date in the form of the understaffed but extremely prepared Physio Terrorists. This Rehabilitation Medicine team pushed a vigorous pace and had an interesting strategy that saw a majority of the game played with more men in the penalty box than on the ice.
The game was hard fought and won in the last four minutes of play, handing the Physio Terrorists a highly contested 5-3 win.
Roundup Time
In the coming weeks students will be preparing for finals as well as signing up for the approaching Mineral Roundup in Vancouver. With registration for the roundup comes the inherent need to shop for the newest trends in the flannel fashion industry, as well as attempts at growth of the ever-prevalent “geologist beard.”
The ability to look the part, in other words, has played a vital role for students to successfully infiltrate the attending crowd.
In the coming months the P.S. Warren executive will also be getting ready to help coordinate the highly anticipated third annual GeoSkills Conference in Calgary.
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